Weather Alert Detail

Winter Storm Watch issued February 28 at 3:46PM CST until March 02 at 6:00PM CST by NWS

Effective: Friday, February 28, 2014 at 2:46 p.m.

Expires: Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 5 p.m.

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT....A LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION SATURDAYEVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ANDSLEET ACCUMULATIONS...AS WELL AS RECORD BREAKING ARCTIC AIR.PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAYAFTERNOON...INCREASING IN INTENSITY SATURDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OFMODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAYINTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. A COMBINATION OFBITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR AT THE SURFACE AND SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER AIRALOFT WILL RESULT IN AN UNUSUALLY COMPLEX SETUP OVER THEREGION...WITH BOTH SLEET AND SNOW LIKELY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR AN ALLSNOW EVENT WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A ST. JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLELINE...WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-70.TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THEREGION...DUE TO BOTH NARROW BANDS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION...AS WELLAS THE UNCERTAINTY OF HOW MUCH SLEET WILL REDUCE OVERALL SNOWFALLTOTALS....WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENINGTHROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENINGTHROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.* THIS WATCH AREA IS SPECIFICALLY FOR FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36.* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING ACROSSFAR NORTHERN MISSOURI...SPREADING SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. A BREAKIN PRECIPITATION MAY BE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITHADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED DURING AFTERNOON. ANY FURTHERSOUTHWARD SHIFT IN THE STORM TRACK COULD FURTHER LIMITACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE IOWA BORDER.* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED... HOWEVERTHE LOCATION OF THE HEAVY BANDING SNOW WILL FURTHER DETERMINEAMOUNTS. OVERALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TOWARD THEIOWA BORDER.* IMPACTS...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BESNOW PACKED. WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITYPROBLEMS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.* TEMPERATURES...BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SNOW. HIGHTEMPERATURES SUNDAY MAY ONLY REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS. EXPECT LOWSON MONDAY MORNING TO FALL TO 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. NORTHWINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TODANGEROUSLY COLD VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO EARLYMONDAY MORNING.